CNN's Eye on the Philippines

[nvidia5500]

Kudos to CNN for displaying the true status of our country
We really deserve it. Haha

[speedsterdemon]

I don't think this is unique in the Philippines. This pagpag story is kind of old news already. I've seen a mother from China feeding her own baby with food full of maggots from the garbage can in the middle of a modern Chinese city.

[CharliePrince]

According to your "President" PNoy Aquino, everyhting is great in the Philippines now. Never been better! Economy is amazing and there are no problems!!

Yellow Media such as ABSCBN propagates it and shows you nothing but amazing news from Noynoy

It's a RARE event that America reports on the Philippines, here's a sample of when it actually does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQdHG66ZhXA

CNN News Report: 05/01/12

[imanh0rn]

nakakahiya naman to, kung ma report na nga... ganyan pa....

[CharliePrince]

nakakahiya naman to, kung ma report na nga... ganyan pa....

i had to share it kasi bihira halos walang report sa philippines sa america

pero nung nakita ko ito, alam ko hindi ninyo makikita ito dyan kasi lahat ng pinapakita sa inyo maganda at magaling ang nangyayari sa pilipinas

pati "presidente" nyo napakalakas na daw ang ekonomiya walang kahirapan ganun *** palagi sinasabi

....the truth is never shown to Filipinos

economy is in such a state now that a lot of poor people eat garbage just to survive

hindi ba meron report na sinabi wala na daw mahirap sa pilipinas? alam naman ng lahat kalokohan yng report na yun pero at least ngayon alam na alam na nangloloko na *** gobyerno dyan

[imanh0rn]

i had to share it kasi bihira halos walang report sa philippines sa america

pero nung nakita ko ito, alam ko hindi ninyo makikita ito dyan kasi lahat ng pinapakita sa inyo maganda at magaling ang nangyayari sa pilipinas

pati "presidente" nyo napakalakas na daw ang ekonomiya walang kahirapan ganun *** palagi sinasabi

....the truth is never shown to Filipinos

economy is in such a state now that a lot of poor people eat garbage just to survive

hindi ba meron report na sinabi wala na daw mahirap sa pilipinas? alam naman ng lahat kalokohan yng report na yun pero at least ngayon alam na alam na nangloloko na *** gobyerno dyan

actually feel ko the middle class know the truth but can't do much to help dahil when I say middle class I do mean one step laglag na agad sa poverty level

parang ganito

rich class = knows the truth but most WILL not do anything about it
middle class = knows the truth but most CAN'T do anything about it
poor class = knows the truth but most DENY and believe anything crocodiles say

kind of reminds me of the story about the eagle egg. (written to the best of my memory)

a farmer found an egg in the forest but he didn't know what bird it was so he placed it in a hen coop along with chicken eggs. the egg hatched with the chicks and lo it was an eagle. however, the eagle believed he was a chicken and lived as a chicken as the chicken who hatched him told him so.

one day he saw an adult eagle soar high above them and the young eagle wished that he could fly as high and majestic also. the young eagle was about to flap his wings when a chicken told him to stop dreaming because the eagle was a "chicken" and chickens don't fly.

so the eagle grew old scratching the ground for food like chickens do and died without flying as chickens have.

it's a children's tale but it aptly describes the situation here in the philippines. The poor know they are poor and yearn to be at least financially healthy but can't because of external factors and self-doubt.

and btw, dear mai mislang and miscomm group,[spoiler start] wag nyo gamitin to sa speech ni NOynoyl please lang mahiya kayo sa mga apog nyo with your pro-poor linlang propagandas[spoiler end]

[_Bahay_Kubo_]

so, where are the dumb #pinoypride hashtags on Twitter (that are rampant nowadays, no thanks to the Jessica Sanchez garbage on AI) after the release of this CNN report? aba! lumabas kaya tayo sa US network TV.

[CharliePrince]

so, where are the dumb #pinoypride hashtags on Twitter (that are rampant nowadays, no thanks to the Jessica Sanchez garbage on AI) after the release of this CNN report? aba! lumabas kaya tayo sa US network TV.

exactly, this is CNN .. as in the actual CNN not "CNN-Asia".. to show you the rarity of there being any news reports on the Philippines

the last time Philippines was featured on CNN was the natural disaster in Mindanao the typhoon forgot the name..

so good catch, this is definitely CNN

[creech]

http://us.cnn.com/2012/04/30/world/a...html?hpt=hp_c3

its more fun pala ha. nirereport habang commercial ng tourism ad

[_Bahay_Kubo_]

exactly, this is CNN .. as in the actual CNN not "CNN-Asia".. to show you the rarity of there being any news reports on the Philippines

the last time Philippines was featured on CNN was the natural disaster in Mindanao the typhoon forgot the name..

so good catch, this is definitely CNN

nice to see Suzanne Malveaux on the real CNN. she's a rarity on CNN International nowadays.

again, where are the #pinoypride hashtags now that the Philippines has finally made it on US network TV news?

[idiot_savant]

CNN US is just like any other American media outlet--it's parochial. It is just like Fox News. So anything shown there has to be in the interest of the American audience. And when it comes to the Philippines, that interest is absent, which means that novelty news like pagpag will figure.

Sorry na lang kay Noynoy. Akala nya kasi puro magiging positive ang ipapakita sa Pilipinas. Isang istorya na pangit, sira na lahat. Sa atin nga makapanood lang tayo ng pagpag sa TV shocked na tayo, ano pa kaya ang mga Amerikano at Europeans. Ito lang ata ang country na na-feature sa Eye On na may very negative side.

[razzer_rising]

I think kailangan nang magprotest ang pinoy against CNN. Where are the politicians who complained against Mr Baldwin and Teri Hatcher? They are badly needed now against CNN.

[razzer_rising]

Fabella Hospital pala was shown pati yung mga new mothers na nagshashare ng beds and some nakaupo lang. One was interviewed daw and 9th baby na nya yun and yung asawa nya walang trabaho. proud to be pinoy moment?

[imanh0rn]

Fabella Hospital pala was shown pati yung mga new mothers na nagshashare ng beds and some nakaupo lang. One was interviewed daw and 9th baby na nya yun and yung asawa nya walang trabaho. proud to be pinoy moment?

RH bill... please oh please oh please

totooo yan as a healthcare worker TOTOO YAN!

dito sa lie-in clinic, it's 5 buntis a bed dahil 5 beds lang kami and darating sila DAGSAAN. iba gravida 12! (gravida means ilang beses nabuntis not taking into account ilan ang "alive" na anak)

kaya RH bill na sana..........

kaya sa dami ng anak, wala nang mapakain kundi papag

[mozilla]

matagal na yang pagpag story na yan, napanood ko na nga yan sa local network eh, nakalimutan ko na kung ano channel 2 or 7. wala namang ginawa yung mga namumuno ng bansa natin. kailangan pa bang maibroadcast sa CNN para lang magawan ng aksyon. tsk tsk.

ipatupad na kasi yang 1 child policy na yan. ang lalakas ng loob magparami ng anak wala naman maipakain sa mga anak. sobrang dami na ng tao dito sa pinas, hindi lahat kayang bigyan ng tulong gobyerno yan.

[Jspice]

Dapat hindi mahiya dahil ito naman ang katotohanan, pero dapat tayo mahiya dahil sa sobrang damning naghihirap - wala naman tayo ginagawa.

Sa sobrang daming naghihirap sila pa rin ang nakaupo, ang mga trapo.


Sila PNOY, GMA, BINAY, ERAP, RAMOS, CORY etc etc ang dapat mahiya dahil sa SOBRANG laki ng kapangyarihan nila eh wala sila nagawa.

[charuz]

Parang mas importante pa sa ating mga Pinoy ang maging sikat sa buong mundo kesa mapaunlad ang inang bayan.

Oi! What did I say again? Sikat nga tayo, nakakahiya naman ang kasikatan natin.

[JobyBryant24]

It's showing right now on CNN international, yung "Pagpag" story.

2 minutes lang ang tinagal ko, tapos pinatay ko na ang TV. Di ko kayang panuorin.

Nakaka lungkot na nakakahiya na parang naiintindihan ko yung namumulot ng pagkain sa basura pero nagagalit din at parang masusuka.

Ganyan ang reality pre. Sad to say but TRUE STORY Bro.

Pinakita din tong "Pagpag" story sa BBC feature "Toughest place to be a Bus Driver".

[Kent_210]

Nagsimula itong pagpag story sa BBC. Dun ko lang din unang nakita. I think the unique part of PAGPAG is that, we still manage to cook these left-over foods to get rid of bad bacterias. Worst part is, binibenta pa at madaming tumatangkilik! What the fuck!?

Madali lang naman solusyunan yan eh, magkaroon ng mandatory sa mga FASTFOODS/RESTOS na sunugin / i-grind na lang ang mga left-over foods, yung di na mapapakinabangan. Tapos gawing pataba.

Hangga't may PAGPAG, tiunuturuan lang nating maging tamad ang Pinoy at di na gumastos para sa disenteng pagkain.

[jonslaught]

Meanwhile, in Malacañang...

Aquino Administration to Spend 63M for CNN Ads

Wow... I imagine showing it's more fun campaign then CNN shows the pagpag report